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secretary of state john kerry meeting russian counterpart sergei lavrov. let's catch up on all the developments and just before we do that, mention that financially this country is in huge difficulties. we heard about the americans, washington offering $1 billion in loan guarantees. we also heard the european commission saying they will be offering 11 billion euros over the next two years. the financial side being addressed by the international community as well as the military standoff in crimea. this report by nick chiles. >> reporter: the diplomatic big guns have been gathering in paris for the biggest diplomatic push yet to try to defuse the ukraine crisis and the deep freeze in east-west relations. for the west, the key question, will moscow accept a direct dialogue with the knew ukrainian authorities. >> the prime minister and president obama have both made clear that there must be significant costs to russia of violating its international obligations in this way. now, of course, we would much prefer to make diplomatic progress, but in the absence of
secretary of state john kerry meeting russian counterpart sergei lavrov. let's catch up on all the developments and just before we do that, mention that financially this country is in huge difficulties. we heard about the americans, washington offering $1 billion in loan guarantees. we also heard the european commission saying they will be offering 11 billion euros over the next two years. the financial side being addressed by the international community as well as the military standoff in...
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sergei lavrov refused to speak with his ukrainian counterpart. talks to continue tomorrow. >> in crimea a senior u.n. diplomat was threatened at gun point. the diplomat's car was surrounded by armed men who demanded he leave crimea. he was sent assess the russian take over. >> robert serry, the envoy to crimea left ukraine unharmed. the college board announced big changes to sats. the exchanges were representative of what students study. the new test won't have an essay and throw out uncommon vocabulary words. >> doctors say babies born with the aids virus may have had it put into remission and court thanks to treatment nearly four hours after birth. similar successes were averted. those are the headlines, i'm john seigenthaler, "america tonight" is coming up next. see you back here tomorrow. the u.s. effort to get russia and ukraine face to face fails. and more tense moments on the ground as an u.n. envoy is threatened at gunpoint. also, tonight, the cost downstream, a second dose of misery for the weather-weary, the high price of those low temp
sergei lavrov refused to speak with his ukrainian counterpart. talks to continue tomorrow. >> in crimea a senior u.n. diplomat was threatened at gun point. the diplomat's car was surrounded by armed men who demanded he leave crimea. he was sent assess the russian take over. >> robert serry, the envoy to crimea left ukraine unharmed. the college board announced big changes to sats. the exchanges were representative of what students study. the new test won't have an essay and throw...
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on the diplomatic front, secretary of state john kerry sat down with russia's minister sergey lavrov. president obama is working the phones and talking to ukraine with british prime minister. in crimea, the ukrainian region now under russian control. a.euna.united nations was envoys forced out of the country. >>> nick schifrin is there and has this report. >> for nearly an hour inside this cafe they barricade id u.n. onvoy robert serey. demonstrators who, try to stop our filming and whether at the cafe or at the airport they control all access. serey was driven against his will to the international terminal and walked to the flight to istanbul. ran serey out of the country. they feel empowered by the arrival of 16,000 russian troops. they are expanding their presence but not answering any questions. with my producer vodomir we asked the same question and got the same silence. consume. can i ask you where you're from? could i ask you where you're from? he tells me to step away from the car and then they drove off to head to this base. a local journalist filmed on her cell phone. the ru
on the diplomatic front, secretary of state john kerry sat down with russia's minister sergey lavrov. president obama is working the phones and talking to ukraine with british prime minister. in crimea, the ukrainian region now under russian control. a.euna.united nations was envoys forced out of the country. >>> nick schifrin is there and has this report. >> for nearly an hour inside this cafe they barricade id u.n. onvoy robert serey. demonstrators who, try to stop our filming...
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he spoke with sergei lavrov, his russian counterpart. jay carney's voice, he warned of a grave mistake if russia impinged upon the integrity of sovereign ukraine. president obama appeared in the briefing room at 5 o'clock and talked about cost to russia if they go ahead with what is apparently a military intervention. what are the costs. i spoke with a senior administration official. first and foremost they are talking about the g8. it's in sochi. that is familiar to most people, the site of the concluded winter olympics. hard to see how the g8, would join the americans and russia - it looks like that will be cancelled. russians said they want to keepen trade ties with the united states it's on hold. they are talking and pointing to the fact that the ruble appears to be losing value as part of the consequences that they see in the real world is taking place. >> president obama said a brief statement. here is part of it. >> we are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the russian federation inside of ukraine. russ
he spoke with sergei lavrov, his russian counterpart. jay carney's voice, he warned of a grave mistake if russia impinged upon the integrity of sovereign ukraine. president obama appeared in the briefing room at 5 o'clock and talked about cost to russia if they go ahead with what is apparently a military intervention. what are the costs. i spoke with a senior administration official. first and foremost they are talking about the g8. it's in sochi. that is familiar to most people, the site of...
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in addition to sergei lavrov and john kerry, we heard to the e.u.'s katherine ashton, will join sergei lavrov and john kerry in paris. >> there are still protests on the ground, i see, behind you there in kiev. are the people on the square listening or are they concerned about the diplomatic efforts in. >> they are concerned for a variety of reasons. there's a sense here that they may have been taken over by bigger issues, bigger geopolitical issues, and their lives may be in the hands of moscow and washington d.c. we heard when secretary of state john kerry was here yesterday, he went on to the street, he met with people, and they gave him the impression "don't forget, it's about us, we have to live with the consequences, and when you go to paris, take that message with you." >> they gave me a deep personal sense of how closely linked the people of ukraine are to not just americans, but people all across the world who today are asking for their right, for the privilege to live defining their own nation, defining their future. >> now, stephanie, they
in addition to sergei lavrov and john kerry, we heard to the e.u.'s katherine ashton, will join sergei lavrov and john kerry in paris. >> there are still protests on the ground, i see, behind you there in kiev. are the people on the square listening or are they concerned about the diplomatic efforts in. >> they are concerned for a variety of reasons. there's a sense here that they may have been taken over by bigger issues, bigger geopolitical issues, and their lives may be in the...
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that's why russian mint sergey lavrov: >> ensuring human rights especially the right to life. those who are trying to interpret the situation as a sort of aggression and threatening us with sanctions and boycotts, these are the same partners who have been consistently encouraging the political powers close to them to declare ultimatums and renounce dialogue. >> the consequences are what the west is gathering to discuss. the eu, the u.n, the international monetary fund, all calling emergency meetings to discuss ukraine and secretary of state john kerry is expected in the ukrainian capitol on tuesday. phil itner, al jazeera, kiev. >> we are expecting results in world markets. dow fell 153 points. reaction was more severe in europe. the lon, paris and berlin markets had equal effects. david shuster is here with that part of the fast moving story. david. >> tony, this isn't the first time that vladimir putin has us oil and gas supplies, cutting off gaz supplies to ukraine twice in the last eight years. softened the possible bite out of russia's threat. >>> it's not hard to see why
that's why russian mint sergey lavrov: >> ensuring human rights especially the right to life. those who are trying to interpret the situation as a sort of aggression and threatening us with sanctions and boycotts, these are the same partners who have been consistently encouraging the political powers close to them to declare ultimatums and renounce dialogue. >> the consequences are what the west is gathering to discuss. the eu, the u.n, the international monetary fund, all calling...
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of talks in paris on wednesday to try to find an exit strategy in ukraine russian foreign minister sergei lavrov when us kids they don't carry but stressed the need to continue donald but no substantial agreements were made and has no direct meeting between the fall and spring income for twelve point three just activity came this makes the structure of suspending realty corporation and the european union offered fifteen begin dollars in aid to kiev matching no contest to what president viktor yanukovich accepted from moscow to turn his back on in the new association. as you the premise that the new me under the sun that we can all but the research cooperation agreement with the u s state of california california government carrie brownstein of the deal with them when to stop states to tap into israel's technological success with water conservation. netanyahu who has dubbed israel and innovation nation elected california on tuesday walking to the previous day with president obama. the pac ten hours off than if we are content there were all of his government planned to seize the ship contai
of talks in paris on wednesday to try to find an exit strategy in ukraine russian foreign minister sergei lavrov when us kids they don't carry but stressed the need to continue donald but no substantial agreements were made and has no direct meeting between the fall and spring income for twelve point three just activity came this makes the structure of suspending realty corporation and the european union offered fifteen begin dollars in aid to kiev matching no contest to what president viktor...
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kerry tried to get answers today from putin's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, but lavrov refused to meet with ukraine's acting former minister, whom kerry had brought to paris, hoping to engineer the first talks between paris and ukraine's new transitional leader. why didn't you pete today? >> i don't know. >> reporter: while diplomats work, the u.s. is beefing up military presence in poland and the baltic, sending six additional fighter jets and a fueling plane to support nato. and this afternoon, hillary clinton tried to clarify remarks she had made comparing putin's moves to the nazis before world war ii. >> what i said yesterday is that the claims by president putin and other russians that they had to go into crimea and maybe further into eastern ukraine because they had to protect the russian minorities, and that is reminiscent of claims that were made back in the 1930s. >> reporter: tonight, john mccain is accusing the pentagon of intelligence failures for not seeing russia's moves into crimea. the pentagon said it saw troop movements, but it was not clear what russia intended
kerry tried to get answers today from putin's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, but lavrov refused to meet with ukraine's acting former minister, whom kerry had brought to paris, hoping to engineer the first talks between paris and ukraine's new transitional leader. why didn't you pete today? >> i don't know. >> reporter: while diplomats work, the u.s. is beefing up military presence in poland and the baltic, sending six additional fighter jets and a fueling plane to support nato....
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russian's foreign minister sergei lavrov said that meet about ukraine in days to come. >>> the report said world powers who have helped provide weapons and support to either side in syria are responsible for war crimes commit there had. >>> israel said it has seized a shipment of rockets heading from iran to palestinian militants in the gaza strip. the israeli military said it found the weapons in a ship it intercepted. the officials said the rockets have a range of up to 100 miles. israel has accused iran of supplying weapons to its enemi enemies. opening statements under way in the criminal of a formal quite spokesman. he was captured in turkey last year and then brought to the united states. he is charged for killing americans after the september 11th attacks. those are the headlines. if you would like the latest on any of our stories we encourage you to head over to our website at www.aljazeera.com. it's www.aljazeera.com. inside story is next on al jazeera america. >> if you want to put the economic squeeze on another country during an international dispute, what are the tools of
russian's foreign minister sergei lavrov said that meet about ukraine in days to come. >>> the report said world powers who have helped provide weapons and support to either side in syria are responsible for war crimes commit there had. >>> israel said it has seized a shipment of rockets heading from iran to palestinian militants in the gaza strip. the israeli military said it found the weapons in a ship it intercepted. the officials said the rockets have a range of up to 100...
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two consecutive days between sergey lavrov, secretary of state john kerry haven't turned up any visible progress. it was felt the president should come out and convince the situation. let's hear what he has to say. >> let international monitors into all of ukraine including crimea to ensure the rights of all ukrainians are being respected including ethnic russians. begin consultations between the ukraine and russia. and russia would maintain its bases. and the world should support the people of ukraine as they move to elections, in may. that's the path of deescalation. >> reporter: and the president trying to strike a fine balance using the tools at his disposal within the united states, talking about that in a moment trying to provide vladimir putin with that off ramp that you have heard the president talk about to send those international monitors into crimea if the concern is wea really that ethnc russians are under some threat. >> and the president announced some sanctions didn't he? >> expanding the ban on visas for certain russians, they also authorized the president signed an exe
two consecutive days between sergey lavrov, secretary of state john kerry haven't turned up any visible progress. it was felt the president should come out and convince the situation. let's hear what he has to say. >> let international monitors into all of ukraine including crimea to ensure the rights of all ukrainians are being respected including ethnic russians. begin consultations between the ukraine and russia. and russia would maintain its bases. and the world should support the...
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lavrov and the two will meet in rome. in ukraine a confront saying involving a senior united nations official. armed men threatened the u.n. envoy at gun point. he was forced to leave a day after arriving. phil ittner is in kiev. good morning. there's talk that the e.u. will not come to a consensus on sanctions. what are you hearing? >> stephanie, yes, that is always the concern when it comes to the iconsider, it's a 27 -- to the e.u. it's a 27-body, with dispirit nations all with their own relationships with russia. the new ukrainian prime minister arrived in brussels, he wanted to make it clear that this is not a fight between two nations. >> we urge the russian president and government immediately to pull back its forces and stick to international agreements signed between the ukraine and russia, this is not the ukraine and russian conflict. this is the conflict in europe. we need urntly, i would like to underline again, urgently to tackle this problem. >> now, it's also from a number of the european nations unlike - u
lavrov and the two will meet in rome. in ukraine a confront saying involving a senior united nations official. armed men threatened the u.n. envoy at gun point. he was forced to leave a day after arriving. phil ittner is in kiev. good morning. there's talk that the e.u. will not come to a consensus on sanctions. what are you hearing? >> stephanie, yes, that is always the concern when it comes to the iconsider, it's a 27 -- to the e.u. it's a 27-body, with dispirit nations all with their...
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lavrov. >> secretary of state laivesecrt the military exercise which has been conducted is not related to the ukraine and was previously scheduled but also important reaffirmed president putin's statement that russia will respect the territorial integrity of ukraine. good also a top priority among russia, the united states and the eu is economic stability within the ukraine. the u.s. said they would look to the imf to take the lead, but that has not been decided, that's being worked out as well, tony. >> white house correspondent mike viqueria, thank you. >>> a day of action is underway around the world to draw attention to the plight of our al jazeera colleagues in egypt. three al jazeera english correspondents. mohamed fahmy, peter greste and baher mohamed. al jazeera rejects the charges against them. putting down their cameras in solidarity with our staff. our colleagues in berlin came out to demand the charges against our colleagues be dropped. abdalla al shami has been on a hunger strike for more than a month. journalists from around the world are asking the egyptian government to
lavrov. >> secretary of state laivesecrt the military exercise which has been conducted is not related to the ukraine and was previously scheduled but also important reaffirmed president putin's statement that russia will respect the territorial integrity of ukraine. good also a top priority among russia, the united states and the eu is economic stability within the ukraine. the u.s. said they would look to the imf to take the lead, but that has not been decided, that's being worked out...
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lavrov, warning about a russian incursion and sovereignty of ukraine. then we heard from jay carney, a warning of grave consequences if russia were to go into ukraine. then suddenly about 5:00 eastern time, president obama appeared in the briefing room and here's what he had to say. >> we are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the russian federation inside of ukraine. russia has a historic relationship with ukraine clul cultural and economic including cultural and economic ties. anything incursion would be deeply destabilizing which is not in the best interest of ukraine or europe. >> there would be a cost if russia been into ukraine. what would be the cost? military intervention on the part of nato or the united states, completely out of the question. what is the other? sanctions? earlier i spoke with an official and they said they are considering, the sochi winter olympics just concluding there, likely not going to go if this situation continues. russians have already made overtures in the last several months about deepenin
lavrov, warning about a russian incursion and sovereignty of ukraine. then we heard from jay carney, a warning of grave consequences if russia were to go into ukraine. then suddenly about 5:00 eastern time, president obama appeared in the briefing room and here's what he had to say. >> we are now deeply concerned by reports of military movements taken by the russian federation inside of ukraine. russia has a historic relationship with ukraine clul cultural and economic including cultural...
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lavrov, his russian counterpart, thursday and friday, receiving assurances. president obama spoke directly with vladimir putin, before the actions in crimea, and for 90 minutes yesterday, this is a crisis. there's no question about it, that's a lot at stake for ukraine and politically. >> thank you to mike viqueira live from the white house. thank you. >> members of n.a.t.o. met to discuss the crisis in ukraine. russia's actions violate international law and they call for u.n. mediation. >> we call upon russia to hop our all its international commitments to withdraw troops to its bases and refrain from akakses in ukraine. >> we heard the statements from the united nations, from n.a.t.o., andrij dobrensky, are these the signs of support that the ukrainians are hoping for. >> we need specific actions, what happened to ukraine, the ability for us to off the the president, who will be tried for crimes against humanity and malfeesance of our moneys, he's out of power because his party turned on him because of targeted sanctions against those in charge. >> you are
lavrov, his russian counterpart, thursday and friday, receiving assurances. president obama spoke directly with vladimir putin, before the actions in crimea, and for 90 minutes yesterday, this is a crisis. there's no question about it, that's a lot at stake for ukraine and politically. >> thank you to mike viqueira live from the white house. thank you. >> members of n.a.t.o. met to discuss the crisis in ukraine. russia's actions violate international law and they call for u.n....
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lavrov. as well as the military crisis there, ukraine has a dire economic situation as well. meanwhile on capitol hill, the democratic leader after president obama today called on congress to immediately take up sanctions this week, as soon as congress is back in town. harry reid says he wants to europeans on board first. >> mike viqueria at the white house. let's look at possible economic sanctions. russia is tied to europe through appliance that carry national gas. what happens if the critical supply is cut off? ali velshi has that story. >> the peurch gets hal -- europn gets half of its natural gas supplies from russia. if the cost of german factory output increases because of a sustained increase in natural gas prices or production were to fall because of a shortage, that would rock europe, and ripple across the globe. disruption to russian gas supplies could happen in one of two ways. russia could shut off supplies preemptively in response to the threat of sanctions or russia could step
lavrov. as well as the military crisis there, ukraine has a dire economic situation as well. meanwhile on capitol hill, the democratic leader after president obama today called on congress to immediately take up sanctions this week, as soon as congress is back in town. harry reid says he wants to europeans on board first. >> mike viqueria at the white house. let's look at possible economic sanctions. russia is tied to europe through appliance that carry national gas. what happens if the...
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he's planning to meet with russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov. cnn's andrew spencer reports the two will come face to face with widely varying views from the east and the west. >> your crank calls this an act of aggression but to deny the state's stated that it is in violation. this allows 24,000 troops to come there. the president of russia stated that this is a military incursion. >> this is a mini thousand people but that is not an encouragement. >> another key difference is that the president who fled and brought out protest. they still consider him the elected leader, the intern government. u.s. officials have reacted to this crisis, they have suspended talks with them on trade. they have also suspended some of the military. president barack obama gathered his security council to discuss ukraine and according to an official here examine ways to further--of this problem continues. i am andrew spencer reporting. >> the time is for 30 7:00 a.m.. you can i use your fault while you drive so apple has created a new way for you to use your iphone a
he's planning to meet with russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov. cnn's andrew spencer reports the two will come face to face with widely varying views from the east and the west. >> your crank calls this an act of aggression but to deny the state's stated that it is in violation. this allows 24,000 troops to come there. the president of russia stated that this is a military incursion. >> this is a mini thousand people but that is not an encouragement. >> another key...